OBITUARIES

Funeral services for James William Runyon, 90, Lawrence will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Free Methodist Church in Lawrence.  Private inurnment will be at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died December 22, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.   He was born March 6, 1922 in…

Memorial service for Richard E. Hain, 83, Lawrence will be held at a later date.  Mr. Hain died December 22, 2012 at Brandon Woods.   He was born on December 28, 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of Edwin and Elizabeth (Jensen) Hain.   Richard served his country in the US Air Force.  He was…

Philip Myron Scafe, 49, formerly of Lawrence, passed away on December 21, 2012 in Pensacola, Florida. He was born to John and Perdita (Green) Scafe on July 17, 1963 in Mexico City, Mexico. He married Stacy Burton on December 7, 1991 in Maryland. He was preceded in death by his sister Cynthia. He is survived…

Memorial services are pending.  She died December 21, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services for Florence Edith (Garvin) Sarlls, 88, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m., December 27, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Medicalodges Eudora. Florence was born on April 26, 1924 in McDonald County, MO the daughter…

Funeral services for Betty Jean Davis, 85, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2012 at First Southern Baptist Church (4300 West 6th Street, Lawrence, 66049).  Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery (4700 Southwest 17th Street, Topeka, 66604).  She died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at her home.…

The Mass of Christian Burial for Danny L. Lucas, 75, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 21, 2012 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in SW Wichita, KS.  He died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at his home. He was born on June…

Mass of Christian Burial services for Leo Francis Schwartz, 87, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 17, 2012 at St. Johns the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  He died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at his home. He was born on July 4,…

 Graveside services for Ella Mae Cofer, 94, Lawrence, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, 2012 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at her home. Ella was born on March 6, 1918 in Little Rock, OK the daughter of William and Myrtle (Booth) Ubank. She was…

Mass of Christian Burial services for Mary Nuñez, 84, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 14, 2012 at St. Johns the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence.  Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence.  She died on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Mary was born on December 25,…